Michael Hicks (2) (1956–)

Buying a birthday card with Mom to give to my son Johnny and she keeps saying "I don't really know him" and "He won't know who I am" and I keep telling her that she might not remember but he's 24 and he's known her since he was born and I try to explain that her memory is going and when she finally picks out a card she says the same things again and I give her a pen to sign it and she asks "How do I sign it—Aunt Marilyn?" and I say "You're not his aunt, he's your grandson" and she asks me this again and so I help her to sign "Grandma Thompson" though she keeps insisting he won't know who she is and I assure her that he will and on the way home she says "This is a transitional time for me—at some point I might not even know my own name" and I say "You won't but I will" and she says "Thank you."